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plants, is the water-leaf family, at the base of a large rock 
on the ridge; there are the purple, the broad-leaved, and the 
Virginia water-leaf (Hydrophyllum). 
Further along and at the base of the ridge is the borage 
family ; the tuberous comfrey, the rough comfrey, and the 
common comfrey, all natives of Europe, are represented; the 
common alkanet, of Europe, and the showy landolfia, from 
the Himalayan region, are also shown. In the vervain fam- 
ily, in a small bed to the left, will be found: the wedge- 
leaved fog-fruit (Lz/fza), from the western United States 
and Mexico; the blue vervain, from the eastern United 
States; and the white, or nettle-leaved, vervain, a native of 
eastern North America. We now come in the sequence to 
the mint family, to which are devoted six beds; among the 
true mints will be found here the creeping whorled mint, the 
curled mint, and the spearmint all from the Old World. 
Many familiar plants will be seen in these beds, and among 
them are: the false dragon-head, of the United States; 
motherwort, common in Europe, and widely distributed as a 
weed in this country along roadsides and in waste places; 
the horse-balm, of North America, common in the east in 
woods; Oswego tea, and other bergamots, natives of North 
America; the betony and hyssop, of Europe; the hedge- 
nettles, from both the Old World and the New; the common 
sage of the Mediterranean region, highly prized by the 
housewife, and other sages; catnip, a native of Europe, but 
widely distributed as a weed in this country; Gill-over-the- 
ground, or ground ivy, also a European plant, but exten- 
sively spread as a weed in this country; and the dittany, of 
North America. 
The potato family will be found a little to the left and just 
beyond the phlox family. Here may be seen the common 
jimson, or Jamestown, weed, the seeds of which are poison- 
ous, a native of tropical regions, but a common weed along 
our roadsides; the nightshade, a European plant, but com- 
monly distributed as an introduction in many parts of this 
country, also with poisonous fruit; tobacco plants, and sola- 
